I should learn syntax.

It's 4AM and a Huge crack of lightning just smashes the silence outside. Then it started to rain. I've been waiting for a good storm for a while.

>>701
Syntax of what? Grammar?

I fixed a broken arrow today.

>>704
How did it break?

>>705
Just being used. A small crack at the back end of the shaft making it too loose to hold a nock.

I got my glasses in the mail today. I can see again. But I've not looked in the mirror yet.

I realized I was doing something wrong and suddenly got a lot better at archery.

>>708
When I did archery for PE in school, I was doing *something* very wrong. The string always struck my wrist and gave me awful bruises. Some days I had trouble using that arm later because it was so sore.
But I was the most accurate in the class. The only time I was ever good (relative to everyone else) at anything in PE.
I always wondered if I was only good at it for a beginner because I was doing it so wrong.

>>709
They were supposed to give you arm guards for that. You were probably doing it right.
https://encrypted.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=archery%20arm%20guard&tbs=imgo:1

>>708
What was it? I've been trying to get the hang of keeping my elbow down, but while I'm trying to learn it my current "bad" habit actually produces better scores!

>>710
Nope, had one. I think I remember it being a cheap one with velcro straps. It's been a long time, I can't remember if the string struck it and it was just useless or perhaps I was wearing it wrong and the string struck above it and slipped under or something like that.

It's kind of interesting that archery is popular here. Fitting, I guess.

Boris' Flood is such a good album. So good.

after a few years of windows, I'm back to using linux again

>>714
Welcome back.

I feel pretty rested. Two days of long distance biking and I wake today to heavy rain and made some tea. This is pretty great.

I have some very very serious things that are hanging over my head that I am not at all ready for, nor do I know how to fix. They are related to the worst subjects, money and grades. I feel crushed and just keep putting them off.

>>717
are you me?

I spent the entire day writing a formal letter to my uni hoping it will change something.

>>716
That sounds lovely! Was it a tour/camping?

The modern internet is a frustrating experience at 56kbps. Textboards and amateur radio sites are my only salvation.

>>721
Was thinking the exact same.
I wish most websites weren't so hard on my computer, browsing the web really requires a supercomputer nowadays while most websites would be fine without all the bloated nonsense.

Today I learned to cook burritos. Learn beef and veggies on a wheat wrap, how can that not be healthy?

>>723

Learn beef

LEAN. LEAN beef fer christ sake.

>>721,722
I totally agree. Even my (3 year old) smartphone browser crashes or takes over a minute to load news articles which should be simple but the text itself is loaded via JavaScript or something. I really hate the state of web design today.

I rooted my Nook. Now I can get a terminal and run whatever code I want on it. It's a small and super comfy device perfect for reading text and the battery lasts a long time.

>>726
Cool, any plans for it? I love my kindle, I'm waiting for a replacement display to arrive from HK though (the original broke whilst in my backpack).

E-paper is brilliant for reading, the battery life of such devices always amazes me!

>>727

Yes. I overwrote the Linux kernel that came with it with a slightly modified one some hacker slapped together. It enables USB_HOST_MODE, meaning with an OTG cable I can plug things into it. I plan to buy an OTG cable and a tiny keyboard that uses little electricity and just type on it, mostly. Mostly. Over Wifi I can ssh to my SDF-eu account in Germany and code and run software and other things from it. I guess that means I'll basically be using it as a tiny, low power, eink laptop. Which I can also read books on.

Will be without internet for two weeks starting tomorrow.
Will have a 110km bicycle trip tomorrow, I'm not very fit but I've done it before so it's going to be alright.

It's kinda weird how I'm more anxious about no internet than I am for the tough bicycle trip.

>>729
Have fun. Take photos and show us.

>>729

anxious about being w/out internet

Yeah, I get a bit squirrely if I can't keep up with what's going on at my various online hangouts. That said, going on a trip and not worrying about everyday life for a while sounds awesome. Have fun, Bikeanon.

I worked out a little today, and I think I am finally seeing some gains from it.

Ah-hah! I finally figured out why the starter motor wasn't turning my bikes engine over - the battery actually requires maintenance (topping up the electrolyte level, in this case). Whoops. Time for a ride!

>>731
For me, the problem is that my "online experience" has slowly ended up tuned so that I have new content every few minutes, meaning unless I'm on and off the net all day a massive backlog of new information that I can't catch up with appears.

I get to see some friends today in my favorite city.

>>734
What's your favourite thing about the city?

>>732
I used to work out but I'm burned out. I simply can't balance exercise/commute/work on my daily life. I'm pretty frustrated.
I really do want to lose weight but this seems impossible. I need really long vacations, three months will do, will my boss be fine if I just stop going to work tomorrow?

>>736
people generally like being notified of stuff like that, so they can have time to find a replacement. I think two weeks notice is the norm.

>>736
I feel the same. Exhausted every day, although I don't even do that much currently.

I think I'm just too stressed about the future.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nh-pluto-7-11-15.jpg

This is the best photo of Pluto we have yet.

I biked 14 miles to go see a friend before she leaves the country for a year. I'm really going to miss her.

Today I listened to the YKK soundtrack and rode to the coast to watch the sunset - the sky was amazing. Many people from the local village were there, and some travellers had even come to watch!

http://imgur.com/a/2kqxH

On the way back, a butterfly splatted on my visor. I didn't even realise butterflies could splat.

My god. A storm has finally come to clear the air. Lighting is lighting up my dark windows.

>>743
Oh man, I wish we had a storm here. It's been so humid the last few days.

I went to mail some stuff and stopped by a river for a drink. A bunch of little kids were yelling at me to go swimming with them, so I pretended to be deaf and just signed at them.

Fixed up an old laptop today, runs a hell of lot faster than it did with OSX on it.

>>745
hahaha!

Did you actually sign a message at them or was it all gibberish?

>>747
I took a class in ASL. I signed to them I was deaf and they all left me alone.

RAIN! Finally RAIN! It's raining so hard the rain is coming in sideways through my window!

I've been walking in the woods near my house. It's really nice to get a drink and go get away from people and noise for a while. I took some pictures: https://imgur.com/a/7CrYL

>>746

What did you install?

>>750
Debian, which is one of the few distros out there supporting the type of processor used by the Apple corporation back then.

Also nice photos. You should jump that fence and find out what's there. As long as it's not a military installation it's probably be interesting and fun. Just turn off your phone so there's no record of you being there and don't break or steal anything.

>>751

It's just a water treatment plant. If you keep walking, it's visible further up the way.

The last years have been stressful, so I was considering meditation. Then it struck me that I have no idea where to start, and that the biggest problems of any beginner are this and being unable to discriminate between useful and useless information. There doesn't seem to exist any solution to this problem.

>>749
The morning sky is red, today will be a good day.

I found an abandoned greenhouse! It's very weird, even though it's unheated and has been for a long time it's still managing to grow tropical plants - there's a banana plant near the doorway, and everything is covered in passionfruit.

http://i.imgur.com/O5YJZm4.jpg

It's an unpleasant place to stay too long though, the heat and humidity of it means that there is an all consuming smell of decay there.

>>754
Start guerrilla gardening.

>>754
You could totally use that! Or just take leftover stuff inside for yourself. That's awesome.

>>754

I dunno why but I really love greenhouses.
I was in a small one not too long ago, it had all kinds of flowers inside, it was real pretty.
The air was slightly different from outside, slightly warmer too creating a relaxing atmosphere.
If space wasn't so scarce I had one of my own.

>>755
Alas, it turns out it's actually still connected to a big manor house in my area - I'd managed to wander into it by the fact that one side of the estate doesn't appear to have a fence along it. Also, full of rats and has a wasp nest in the walls. I think I'll just build my own one day!

>>756
I've harvested some fresh passionfruit from it to grow indoors, I've tried ordering seeds for it before but as it's a tropical plant it apparently doesn't grow well from dry seed stock.

I've been eating a lot of durian lately. My senses interface with the fruit so beautifully. If these frozen ones are already so great, I can't imagine how heavenly a fresh one would taste...

Today I finally found a fleece to replace my old one!

My old one is a really cheap one I picked up for school, which I ended up wearing continuously for any outdoor activity since then, including accompanying me on every mountain since I started climbing. It has faded from black to a light brown, and developed melted holes along the seams at some point in it's history (??? no idea where they came from). I love it, but by this point people have begun to hound me about replacing it (rightfully so, alas. It was getting a little homeless chic), and I was unable to find them in the store I originally bought it from.

However, I have finally picked up a higher-end replacement for it second hand, which I hope will accompany me for many more mountains!

I am all moved into my dorm for another year at uni. I have a really nice single room on a top floor. The view is great. I worked out today and my arms are jelly.

Working out is like growing more of yourself.

Watched shooting stars while laying down on a grassy plain last week. Now I have a serious cold, but it was very much worth it.

i broke my hand and now typing is very hard fucking hell fuck

>>763
What an incredible experience! What were they, the Perseids?

Alas, it was cloudy for the nights for peak activity where I was. There's nothing more humbling than lying on your back and looking into the depths of space though, even better if you have a thermos of your preferred hot drink with you!

>>764
Ouch, that sounds terrible. How did you break it?

>>765
Yes, the Perseids. It was my first time seeing shooting stars. In the beginning there only were a few and they were easy too miss, but over the course of a few hours I saw many "big" ones, shooting straight across my field of vision.
The next day, when I walked a friend of mine to the station in the night, we saw another really big one. It caught us by absolute surprise – I'm so glad the sky was clear!

>>765
I lost my temper and punched a wall.

>>766
really jelly of you.

I have weird pains in my fingers and elbows. Is this RSI? Time to use the PC less :(

First day of classes. Wish me luck.

It's been just 6 months since I finished school and I miss it already.

>>770
Good luck!

What's a good scent for a room?

I'm using a sandalwood reed diffuser at the moment but the smell is a little too chemical for me. Sleepy/active scents aren't an option unfortunately, as I sleep in the same room as my desk.

>>772
I really like lavendar, but you have to be careful that it isn't too strong.

>>772

NOTHING that smells even close to food. Like vanilla or caramel. Its will be Pavlovs Dogs for you all day every day.

>>773
Hmm, I feel lavender (while a wonderful scent) is a a somewhat sleepy smell.

>>774
Haha, I can't imagine what having a room permanently smelling of caramel would be like. How would it condition you though?

>>775
To always want to eat something everytime you go to your room.

After I left the gym today someone I took a class with two years ago said I looked better/more healthy.
Cool.

Fuck this sun. Maine should be colder. I want nuclear winter now.

>>778
Hot weather is the worst. If it's cold you can always warm up, but if it's too hot you can't cool down beyond a certain point.

Finally a cool day!

I get to eat regular in a high-ish place and look over tree covered hills. Today there is fog and mist covering the hills. A far off radio tower is vigilantly strobing its red light through the fog.

I got to the river at the perfect time today. It was a bright, vivid blue that I thought only existed in places other people go to and I only see from their photographs.

I was able to increase my leg press to 200 pounds today!
A few days back I saw this kite that was bigger than some of the fishing boats that were closer to me than the kite was.
http://41.media.tumblr.com/68cf71dc64340dfed506498e8727930d/tumblr_nuncd2F2KN1rboguxo1_1280.jpg

I caught a train through the countryside today, and watched the towering clouds outside whilst listening to the Aria soundtrack. It was very calming.

>>783
Nice one!

Also, did you know that kites are sometimes used to assist ships forward? The clear wind at altitude and minimal deck space required make it a very attractive option for propulsion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_assisted_propulsion#Kite_sail

>>784
No. I've never seen such a thing. I can't even imagine them being very powerful. My city is the biggest port city fr the area so maybe I'll see one.

>>785
I too live in a major port and have never seen them, just know about them from talking to crew on the larger ships.

They're generally used further out at sea I think, when the ship is cruising in a straight line for a while. They're winched down on to the deck for storage.

They don't make much of a difference, it's just that even the tiniest extra bit of fuel savings make a difference when you're cruising for months at absolute minimum cost.

I just like things powered by the wind, really!

I think that one of the nicest things about Autumn is being able to experience "morning light" again. Throughout the summer, unless you have to be up very early you normally wake up by the point the sun is high in the sky. As you travel through autumn, the morning shadows and cool air return.

>>787
What I like about Autumn is the almost constantly clouded sky, no hard shadows anywhere and it feels like everything is going about in a softer manner.
I don't really know how to describe it, but I enjoy it a lot.

>>785
Just a thought, if you live in a port city, you may find looking at an AIS tracker site (like MarineTraffic) interesting! You can see the name/class/cargo of ships, and see where they've been. They're effectively ADS-B transponders (like flightradar24), but for boats.

>>788
I know what you mean. I think the shift in nature to darker colours at the time adds to it. Getting all the warm clothes out of the wardrobe again is good, too...

>>789
>>789
Oh damn, this is cool.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-70/centery:44/zoom:11

After all this time at the gym, someone complemented how my arm feels.

There's a little cable lock that holds shut the window in my uni accommodation, and prevents you from opening it beyond a crack.

Today I finally picked the lock, and have been enjoying the breeze through my room!

>>792
Dude I am so shit at picking locks! Good for you man.

The winds here have been fresh, for the first time since the start of September. The leaves are already beginning to fall, on some of the trees...

>>793
So am I, but thankfully locks shittier than my skills are used more often than imagine! I need to figure out roof access in my building next, it looks like all I need is a 7mm square key for the hatch and a stepladder though.

That blood moon was some cool shit.

We got a blatta today!
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>>796
What's a blatta?

>>797
It's a rain storm where the rain drops are really fat and the wind makes it rain sideways instead of downward.

>>798
Ah, I like it! Good onomatopoeia.

>>799
I've looked it up and apparently that was coined and used only around the islands and coast where I live.